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Old 07-10-2006
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what are these bits of silicone insulation on neils yokomo bx shocks in this pic for ??

never seen this done or know of a reason for it ?

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/yokom...s/cragg05.html

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They are just there to identify the springs since they are silver - not sure what they actually are in that photo, maybe AE blues ? or even prototype Yokomo springs.
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maybe like most pro's they strip oof the paint so that other drivers cant copy, and he has a colour coding sytem
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To be honest, i doubt Craggy would have to go to the lengths of stripping his springs to hide his setup as he's too good but you never know..
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Plus, I could never drive his B4 setup.... lol, and I know a lot of people are the same :P
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Its to identify a stripped spring, or if he gets them all silver (test springs perhaps?) then its to identify a pair.
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i would say its so he dont mix em up with the associated ones weve all done it
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u dnt strip them so people cant tell what they are....u do it to mke them a little softer!

old yok springs were hard to tell apart. doing this eliminates that
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